What an adventure! The poet Robert Burns once wrote, The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men Gang aft agley. Your story certainly has a plan going 'agley'--the gifts from the King are lost! Two people die because of that. However, the princess is healed and the story concludes peacefully.

I see how this story evolved from the prompts. Good job!

Thank you for posting this story in the Ink Well community.